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遙想

简遥想 · 繁遙想

Mandarin · pinyin yáo xiǎng

to think about (the distant past or future)

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想: xiǎng · think, speculate, plan, consider
遥: yáo · far away, distant, remote

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2–3 · yao2 xiang3

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verb

to think back; to recollect; to recall; to reminisce
to imagine; to visualize

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